How mobile RFID communications and OR workflow tech saved one hospital $1M annually

When Randy Saad first started as director of perioperative services at Los Angeles-based Adventist Health White Memorial, way back in 2005, he faced multiple challenges. The hospital needed the ability to locate patients in real time, regardless of where they were in the facility. Staff also sought to improve communication between units and between support staff to improve coordination of resources, both physical (supplies and equipment) and human (staff and surgeons). So Saad and the IT and caregivers teams turned to the Zebra Technologies Android-based TC51-HC mobile computer. It enabled them to improve because it is integrated with an OR workflow solution from vendor Tagnos.